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Of Scholarship, Piety, and Community: Origen's Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum (2021)
Book Chapter
Ayres, L. (2021). Of Scholarship, Piety, and Community: Origen's Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum. In J. Carleton Paget, & S. Gathercole (Eds.), Celsus in His World: Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century (36-68). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108957861.003

This essay considers the implied self-portrait of the Christian scholar that Origen offers in his response to Celsus. That self-portrait both shows the Christian scholar to be one whose panoply of skills should be recognized as the equal of the non-C... Read More about Of Scholarship, Piety, and Community: Origen's Purpose(s) in Contra Celsum.

Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology (2021)
Journal Article
Ayres, L. (2022). Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology. Modern Theology, 38(1), 36-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12736

These seven theses suggest the centrality of reflection on Patristic theology for the enterprise of dogmatic theology in a Catholic context. Dogmatic theology itself is used here as an alternative to the modern use of “systematic” theology. In order... Read More about Seven theses on dogmatics and patristics in Catholic theology.